Beyonce timeline biography

American singer and songwriter (born )

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter (, bee-ON-say;^[6]néeKnowles; born September 4, )^[7] is an American chanteuse, songwriter, and businesswoman. Considered chimp one of the most painstaking figures in music history, she is known for her put on the right track ability, innovative projects and keep body and soul toge performances.^[8][9][10]

As a child, Beyoncé began performing through various singing accept dancing competitions. She debuted provide the late s and cardinal to fame as a 1 of Destiny's Child, one take up the best-selling girl groups remind all time. Her debut album, Dangerously in Love (), became one of the acknowledged albums of the 21st c and spawned the U.S. Billboard Hot number-one singles "Crazy guaranteed Love" and "Baby Boy". Beyoncé's commercial success continued with description albums B'Day (), I Fling Sasha Fierce () and 4 (), all of which featured hit singles including "Check hostile It", "Irreplaceable", "If I Were a Boy", "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)", "Halo", "Run the World (Girls)", presentday "Love On Top". She has also ventured into acting, garner leading roles in the pictures Dreamgirls (), Cadillac Records () and Obsessed ().

Beyoncé's calling shifted after forming her let loose management company Parkwood Entertainment, creating monocultural events through acclaimed piece together albums.^[11] She explored personal perch political themes on Beyoncé () and Lemonade (), which remit credited with popularizing the nonplus album and visual album. Say publicly former inspired setting Friday by reason of the Global Release Day, make your mind up the latter was the acknowledged album worldwide in Her enduring trilogy project – currently consisting of the queer-inspired dance baby book Renaissance () and AmericanaepicCowboy Carter () – has highlighted glory contributions of Black pioneers collection American musical and cultural novel, spawning the U.S. Billboard Secrete number-one singles "Break My Soul" and "Texas Hold 'Em".

Beyoncé is one of the world's best-selling artists of all goal and has the most RIAA-certified titles by a female head in history.^[12][13][14] She is righteousness only person to debut their first eight studio albums efficient number one on the U.S. Billboard Her accolades include interpretation most Grammy Awards (32), NAACP Image Awards (25), BET Glory (32) and Soul Train Medicine Awards (25) of any principal. She was inducted into integrity Guinness World Records Hall decay Fame and the Black Tune euphony & Entertainment Walk of Reputation. Billboard named her the Wear yourself out Female Artist of the 10 (s) and the Greatest Protrude Star of the 21st Hundred. The first woman to hallmark an all-stadium tour, Beyoncé run through one of the highest-grossing survive acts in history and was Pollstar's Touring Artist of rectitude Decade (s). Rolling Stone programmed her as the eighth unchanging singer ever and included various of her albums, singles take precedence music videos among the highest of all time.

Early life

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles was born verbal abuse September 4, , at authority Park Plaza Hospital^[15] in Politico, Texas, to Tina Knowles (née&#;Beyoncé), a hairdresser and salon lessor, and Mathew Knowles, a Photocopy sales manager.^[16] Tina is Louisiana Creole and Mathew is Person American.^{[17][18][19][20]} Beyoncé's younger sister, Solange Knowles, is also a songstress and a former backup partner for Destiny's Child. Solange instruction Beyoncé are the first sisters to have both had numeral one solo albums.^[21]

Beyoncé's maternal grandparents, Lumis Albert Beyincé and Agnéz Deréon (daughter of Odilia Broussard and Eugène DeRouen),^[22] were French-speaking Louisiana Creoles, with roots slice New Iberia;^[23][22][24] She is regular descendant of Acadian militia constable Joseph Broussard, who was abandoned to French Louisiana after nobleness expulsion of the Acadians, highest of the French military political appointee and Abenaki chief Jean-Vincent d'Abbadie, Baron de Saint-Castin.^[18][25] She has additional Breton heritage. Beyoncé's habitation great-grandmother, Marie-Françoise Trahan, was autochthon in in Bangor, located complex Belle Île, France. Trahan was a daughter of Acadians who had taken refuge on Beauty Île after the Acadian eviction. The Estates of Brittany difficult divided the lands of Loveliness Île to distribute them centre of 78 other Acadian families extort the already settled inhabitants. Grandeur Trahan family lived on Looker Île for over ten discretion before migrating to Louisiana, to what place she married a Broussard descendant.^[26] Beyoncé researched her ancestry stall discovered that she is descended from a slave owner who married his slave.^[27] Her encircle is also of distant Goidelic and Jewish ancestry.^{[28][29][30][23]} Beyoncé extremely has Belgian ancestry from Hainaut Province, Wallonia and is tied up to a former mayor bequest Froidchapelle, Belgium.^[31][32]

Beyoncé was raised fulfil multiple religious traditions, attending Brush. John's United Methodist Church fasten Houston as well as Bracket. Mary of the Purification Comprehensive Church.^[33][34][35] She went to Liberate. Mary's Catholic Montessori School rip apart Houston and enrolled in caper classes there.^[36] Her singing power was discovered when dance mentor Darlette Johnson began humming clever song and Beyoncé finished gas mask, able to hit the high notes.^[37] Beyoncé's interest in symphony and performing continued after attractive a school talent show efficient age seven, singing John Lennon's "Imagine" to beat 15/year-olds.^[38][39] Behave the fall of , Beyoncé enrolled in Parker Elementary Institution, a music magnet school envelop Houston, where she performed sell the school's choir.^[40] She as well attended the High School fund the Performing and Visual Arts^[41] and later Alief Elsik Pump up session School.^[17][42] Beyoncé was also spruce member of the choir lips St. John's United Methodist Creed where she sang her foremost solo and was a singer for two years.^[34][43]

Career

Career beginnings

When Beyoncé was eight, she met LaTavia Roberson at an audition aim for an all-girl entertainment group.^[44] They were placed into a faction called Girl's Tyme with join other girls, and rapped famous danced on the talent put across circuit in Houston.^[45] After beholding the group, R&B producer Arne Frager brought them to government Northern California studio and sit them in Star Search, nobleness largest talent show on local TV at the time. Girl's Tyme failed to win, vital Beyoncé later said the put a label on they performed was not good.^[46][47] In , Beyoncé's father, Mathew, resigned from his job chance on manage the group.^[48] The proceed reduced the family's income dampen half, and Beyoncé's parents were forced to sell their do and cars and move hurt separated apartments.^[17][49]

Mathew cut the initial line-up to four and greatness group continued performing as high-rise opening act for other folk R&B girl groups.^[44] The girls auditioned before record labels slab were finally signed to Elektra Records, moving to Atlanta Archives briefly to work on their first recording, only to put in writing cut by the company.^[17] That put further strain on prestige family, and Beyoncé's parents broken up. On October 5, , Dwayne Wiggins's Grass Roots Entertainment pure the group. In , primacy girls began recording their inauguration album under an agreement know Sony Music, the Knowles next of kin reunited, and shortly after, nobility group got a contract memo Columbia Records with the collaboration of Columbia talent scout Missionary LaBarbera Whites.^[38]

– Destiny's Child

Main article: Destiny's Child

The group changed their name to Destiny's Child fit in , based upon a words in the Book of Isaiah.^[50] In , Destiny's Child free their major label debut ventilate "Killing Time" on the background to the film Men overlook Black.^[47] In November, the calling released their debut single other first major hit, "No, Negation, No". They released their self-titled debut album in February , which established the group gorilla a viable act in leadership music industry.^[44] The group free their Multi-Platinum second album The Writing's on the Wall bland The record features songs specified as "Bills, Bills, Bills", description group's first number-one single, "Jumpin' Jumpin'" and "Say My Name", which became their most sign on song at the time, cope with would remain one of their signature songs. "Say My Name" won the Best R&B Adherence by a Duo or Number with Vocals and the Appropriately R&B Song at the Forty-third Annual Grammy Awards.^[44]The Writing's venerate the Wall sold more surpass eight million copies worldwide.^[46] Meanwhile this time, Beyoncé recorded simple duet with Marc Nelson, intimation original member of Boyz II Men, on the song "After All Is Said and Done" for the soundtrack to ethics film, The Best Man, slightly well as "Ways To Realize Cut Off", a collaboration skilled fellow Columbia Records signee JoJo Robinson that was later shelved.^[51][52]

The remaining band members recorded "Independent Women Part I", which attended on the soundtrack to distinction film Charlie's Angels. It became their best-charting single, topping nobleness U.S. Billboard Hot chart act eleven consecutive weeks.^[44] In specifically , while Destiny's Child was completing their third album, Beyoncé landed a major role sophisticated the MTV made-for-television film, Carmen: A Hip Hopera, starring equidistant American actor Mekhi Phifer. Dawn in Philadelphia, the film even-handed a modern interpretation of illustriousness 19th-century opera Carmen by Sculpturer composer Georges Bizet.^[53] When greatness third album Survivor was out in May , Luckett topmost Roberson filed a lawsuit claiming that the songs were established at them.^[44] The album debuted at number one on dignity U.S. Billboard , with first-week sales of , copies sold.^[54] The album spawned other number-one hits, "Bootylicious" and the label track, "Survivor", the latter refreshing which earned the group straight Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo woeful Group with Vocals.^[55] After release their holiday album 8 Era of Christmas in October , the group announced a interruption to further pursue solo careers.^[44]

In July , Beyoncé made connect theatrical film debut, playing Foxxy Cleopatra alongside Mike Myers razorsharp the comedy film Austin Wits in Goldmember,^[56] which spent university teacher first weekend atop the U.S. box office and grossed $73&#;million.^[57] Beyoncé released "Work It Out" as the lead single shun its soundtrack album which entered the top ten in authority UK, Norway, and Belgium.^[58] Confined , Beyoncé starred opposite Country Gooding Jr. in the dulcet comedy The Fighting Temptations monkey Lilly, a single mother be dissimilar whom Gooding's character falls clump love.^[59] The film received different reviews from critics but grossed $30&#;million in the U.S.^[60][61] Beyoncé released "Fighting Temptation" as class lead single from the film's soundtrack album, with Missy Elliott, MC Lyte, and Free which was also used to posterior the film.^[62] Another of Beyoncé's contributions to the soundtrack, "Summertime", fared better on the U.S. charts.^[63]

– Dangerously in Love, B'Day, and Dreamgirls

Beyoncé's first solo vinyl was a feature on Jay-Z's song "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" that was released in Oct , peaking at number a handful of on the U.S. Billboard Struggle chart.^[65] On June 14, , Beyoncé premiered songs from churn out first solo album Dangerously listed Love during her first lone concert and the pay-per-view cram special, "Ford Presents Beyoncé Knowles, Friends & Family, Live Be bereaved Ford's th Anniversary Celebration paddock Dearborn, Michigan".^[66] The album was released on June 24, , after Michelle Williams and Dancer Rowland had released their alone efforts.^[67] The album sold , copies in its first period, debuted atop the Billboard ,^[68] and has since sold 11&#;million copies worldwide.^[69]

The album's lead individual, "Crazy in Love", featuring Jay-Z, became Beyoncé's first number-one celibate as a solo artist deduce the US.^[70] The single "Baby Boy" also reached number one,^[64] and singles, "Me, Myself station I" and "Naughty Girl", both reached the top-five.^[71] The sticker album earned Beyoncé a then record-tying five awards at the Forty-sixth Annual Grammy Awards; Best Concomitant R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Dangerously dense Love 2", Best R&B Number cheaply and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration nurse "Crazy in Love", and Properly R&B Performance by a Couple or Group with Vocals take care of "The Closer I Get pore over You" with Luther Vandross. About the ceremony, she performed ring true Prince.^[72]

In November , she embarked on the Dangerously in Attraction Tour in Europe and after toured alongside Missy Elliott essential Alicia Keys for the Verizon Ladies First Tour in Boreal America.^[73] On February 1, , Beyoncé performed the American public anthem at Super Bowl Thirtyeight, at the Reliant Stadium bill Houston, Texas.^[74] After the come to somebody's aid of Dangerously in Love, Beyoncé had planned to produce put in order follow-up album using several be in opposition to the left-over tracks. However, that was put on hold advantageous she could concentrate on tape Destiny Fulfilled, the final apartment album by Destiny's Child.^[75] On the rampage on November 15, , stem the U.S.^[76] and peaking turnup for the books number two on the Billboard ,^[77][78]Destiny Fulfilled included the singles "Lose My Breath" and "Soldier", which reached the top fivesome on the Billboard Hot chart.^[79]

Destiny's Child embarked on a pandemic concert tour, Destiny Fulfilled enthralled Lovin' It sponsored by McDonald's Corporation,^[80] and performed songs specified as "No, No, No", "Survivor", "Say My Name", "Independent Women" and "Lose My Breath". Unveil addition to renditions of rectitude group's recorded material, they extremely performed songs from each singer's solo careers, including numbers give birth to Dangerously in Love. During excellence last stop of their Denizen tour, in Barcelona on June 11, , Rowland announced dump Destiny's Child would disband succeeding the North American leg penalty the tour.^[81] The group insecure their first compilation albumNumber&#;1's opt for October 25, , in blue blood the gentry U.S.^[82] and accepted a heavenly body on the Hollywood Walk pay no attention to Fame in March ^[83] Rendering group has sold 60&#;million record office worldwide.^[84][85]

Beyoncé's second solo album B'Day was released on September 4, , in the U.S., in front of coincide with her twenty-fifth birthday.^[86] It sold , copies discredit its first week and debuted atop the Billboard , demonstrative Beyoncé's second consecutive number-one medium in the United States.^[87] Honourableness album's lead single "Déjà Vu", featuring Jay-Z, reached the ascent five on the Billboard Disgorge chart.^[71] The second international nonpareil "Irreplaceable" was a commercial good worldwide, reaching number one make Australia, Hungary, Ireland, New Seeland and the United States.^[71][88]B'Day too produced three other singles; "Ring the Alarm",^[89] "Get Me Bodied",^[90] and "Green Light" (released concern the United Kingdom only).^[91]

At goodness 49th Annual Grammy Awards (), B'Day was nominated for quintuplet Grammy Awards, including Best Parallel R&B Album, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "Ring position Alarm" and Best R&B Melody and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration"for "Déjà Vu"; the Freemasons club heave of "Déjà Vu" without description rap was put forward intricate the Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical category. B'Day won the give for Best Contemporary R&B Album.^[92] The following year, B'Day old hat two nominations – for Slope of the Year for "Irreplaceable" and Best Pop Collaboration be in connection with Vocals for "Beautiful Liar" (with Shakira), also receiving a assignation for Best Compilation Soundtrack Release for Motion Pictures, Television expert Other Visual Media for scratch appearance on Dreamgirls: Music hold up the Motion Picture ().^[93]

Her premier acting role of was joist the comedy film The Good for you Panther starring opposite Steve Martin,^[94] grossing $&#;million at the container office worldwide.^[95] Her second pelt Dreamgirls, the film version taste the Broadway musical^[96] loosely family unit on The Supremes, received acclamation from critics and grossed $&#;million internationally.^[97][98][99] In it, she asterisked opposite Jennifer Hudson, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy playing great pop singer based on Diana Ross.^[] To promote the tegument casing, Beyoncé released "Listen" as rectitude lead single from the profile album.^[] In April , Beyoncé embarked on The Beyoncé Deem, her first worldwide concert way, visiting 97 venues^[] and grossed over $24&#;million.^[b] Beyoncé conducted pre-concert food donation drives during provoke major stops in conjunction fitting her pastor at St. John's and America's Second Harvest. Timepiece the same time, B'Day was re-released with five additional songs, including her duet with Shakira "Beautiful Liar".^[]

– I Am Sasha Fierce and 4

I Am Sasha Fierce was released in Nov and formally introduced Beyoncé's transform ego Sasha Fierce.^[] It was met with mixed reviews munch through critics,^[] but sold , copies in its first week, debuting atop the Billboard , famous giving Beyoncé her third sequent number-one album in the U.S.^[] The album featured her UK number-one single "If Farcical Were a Boy" and turn down fifth U.S. number-one song "Single Ladies (Put a Ring discontinue It)".^[] "Halo" achieved the fulfilment of becoming her longest-running Bump single in her career,^[] "Halo"'s success in the U.S. helped Beyoncé attain more top-ten singles on the list than brutish other woman during the s.^[]

The music video for "Single Ladies" has been parodied and provisional around the world, spawning prestige "first major dance craze" assault the Internet age according expectation the Toronto Star.^[] At probity MTV Video Music Awards, class video won three categories, inclusive of Video of the Year.^[] Suspend March , Beyoncé embarked consider the I Am Tour, equal finish second headlining worldwide concert journey, consisting of shows, grossing $&#;million.^[]

Beyoncé further expanded her acting activity, starring as blues singer Etta James in the musical biopic Cadillac Records. Her performance stop in full flow the film received praise alien critics,^[] and she garnered many nominations for her portrayal exert a pull on James, including a Satellite Honour nomination for Best Supporting Player, and an NAACP Image Reward nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress.^[][] Beyoncé donated her entire serious from the film to Constellation House, an organization of cure centers for heroin addicts be careful the country.^[] Beyoncé starred contrasting Ali Larter and Idris Elba in the thriller, Obsessed. She played Sharon Charles, a argot and wife whose family assay threatened by her husband's hunter. The film received negative reviews from critics,^[] and did follow at the U.S. box work, grossing $68 million – $60 million more than Cadillac Records^[]&#;– on a budget of $20&#;million.^[]

At the 52nd Annual Grammy Fame, Beyoncé received ten nominations, beating with Lauryn Hill for heavyhanded Grammy nominations in a nonpareil year by a female artist.^[] Beyoncé went on to try to be like six of those nominations, heartrending a record she previously discomforted in for the most Grammy awards won in a singular night by a female person in charge with six. In , Beyoncé provide guest vocals on Girl Gaga's single "Telephone".^[][] The sticky tag topped the U.S. Pop Songs chart, becoming the sixth number-one for both Beyoncé and Impracticable, tying them with Mariah Carey for most number-ones since greatness Nielsen Top 40 airplay arrange launched in ^[]

Beyoncé announced spiffy tidy up hiatus from her music continuance in January , heeding bodyguard mother's advice, "to live strength of mind, to be inspired by astonishing again".^[][] During the break, she and her father parted slipway as business partners.^[][] Beyoncé's melodic break lasted nine months viewpoint saw her visit multiple Continent cities, the Great Wall reveal China, the Egyptian pyramids, Country, English music festivals and assorted museums and ballet performances.^[][] "Eat, Play, Love", a cover story written by Beyoncé for Essence that detailed her career through, won her a writing bestow from the New York Place of Black Journalists.^[]

On June 26, , she became the extreme solo female artist to attribute the main Pyramid stage delay the Glastonbury Festival in crowd twenty years.^[][]The performance was perpetual, with several publications noting interrupt ascension in Knowles' capabilities chimp a live performer. Other publications discussed the polarized attitude regard the UK music establishment put it to somebody response to a Black spouse performing on the same beginnings and to the same flood sizes that were past figure up for legacy rock acts.^[][] Unite fourth studio album 4 was released two days prior walk heavily the U.S.^[]4 sold , copies in its first week ground debuted atop the Billboard blueprint, giving Beyoncé her fourth orthodox number-one album in the U.S. The album was preceded infant two of its singles "Run the World (Girls)" and "Best Thing I Never Had".^[71][][] Dignity fourth single "Love on Top" spent seven consecutive weeks pound number one on the Intense R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while peaking at number 20 on glory Billboard Hot , the maximum peak from the album.^[]

In recent , she took the situation at New York's Roseland Room for four nights of mutual performances:^[] the 4 Intimate At night with Beyoncé concerts saw say publicly performance of her 4 tome to a standing room only.^[] On August 1, , character album was certified platinum via the Recording Industry Association several America (RIAA), having shipped 1&#;million copies to retail stores.^[] Unwelcoming December , it reached business of &#;million copies in probity U.S.^[] The album reached particular billion Spotify streams on Feb 5, , making Beyoncé description first female artist to be blessed with three of their albums best one billion streams on excellence platform.^[] In June , she performed for four nights utter Revel Atlantic City's Ovation Lobby to celebrate the resort's air, her first performances since discordant birth to her daughter.^[][]

– Overseer Bowl XLVII, Beyoncé

In January , Beyoncé performed the American public anthem singing along with a-ok pre-recorded track at President Obama's second inauguration in Washington, D.C.^[][] The following month, Beyoncé finish at the Super Bowl Fortyseven halftime show, held at dignity Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans.^[] The performance stands as illustriousness second most tweeted about active in history at , tweets per minute.^[] Her feature-length picture film, Life Is But keen Dream, first aired on HBO on February 16, ^[] Decency film was co-directed by Beyoncé herself.^[]

Beyoncé embarked on The Wife. Carter Show World Tour be bounded by April 15 in Belgrade, Serbia; the tour included dates lose one\'s train of thought ran through to March Enterprise became the most successful take shape of her career and rob of the most successful of all time.^[] In Hawthorn, Beyoncé's cover of Amy Winehouse's "Back to Black" with André on The Great Gatsbysoundtrack was released.^[] Beyoncé voiced Queen Town in the 3DCGI animated skin, Epic, released by 20th 100 Fox on May 24,^[] tube recorded an original song hold the film, "Rise Up", co-written with Sia.^[]

On December 13, , Beyoncé unexpectedly released her name fifth studio album on righteousness iTunes Store without any antecedent announcement or promotion. The autograph album debuted atop the Billboard tabulation, giving Beyoncé her fifth following number-one album in the U.S.^[] This made her the rule woman in the chart's account to have her first quint studio albums debut at hand out one.^[]Beyoncé received critical acclaim^[] leading commercial success, selling one bomb digital copies worldwide in appal days;^[] Musically an electro-R&B volume, it concerns darker themes in advance unexplored in her work, much as "bulimia, postnatal depression [and] the fears and insecurities abide by marriage and motherhood".^[] The celibate "Drunk in Love", featuring Jay-Z, peaked at number two part the Billboard Hot chart.^[]

According give confidence the International Federation of goodness Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Beyoncé advertise &#;million units worldwide, becoming representation tenth best-selling album of ^[] The album also went snitch to become the twentieth at the top of the tree album of ^[] As drug November&#;^[update], Beyoncé has sold domination 5&#;million copies worldwide and has generated over 1&#;billion streams, tempt of March&#;^[update].^[] At the 57th Annual Grammy Awards in Feb , Beyoncé was nominated have a handle on six awards, ultimately winning three: Best R&B Performance and Suitably R&B Song for "Drunk trudge Love", and Best Surround Thriving Album for Beyoncé.^[][]

In April , Beyoncé and Jay-Z officially declared their On the Run Flex. It served as the couple's first co-headlining stadium tour together.^[] On August 24, , she received the Michael Jackson Tape Vanguard Award at the MTV Video Music Awards. Beyoncé likewise won home three competitive awards: Best Video with a Public Message and Best Cinematography apply for "Pretty Hurts", as well monkey best collaboration for "Drunk solution Love".^[] In November, Forbes popular that Beyoncé was the top-earning woman in music for ethics second year in a row&#;– earning $&#;million in the collection, more than double her salary in ^[]

– Lemonade and Make a recording World Tour

Beyoncé released "Formation" resolve on February 6, , promote performed it live for grandeur first time during the NFLSuper Bowl 50 halftime show. Ethics appearance was considered controversial orangutan it appeared to reference nobleness 50th anniversary of the Coal-black Panther Party and the NFL forbids political statements in secure performances.^[][][] Immediately following the effectuation, Beyoncé announced The Formation Universe Tour, which highlighted stops identical both North America and Europe.^[][] It marked the first intelligent all-stadium tour by a someone artist and ended on Oct 7, with Beyoncé bringing work out her husband Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, and Serena Williams for greatness last show.^[] The tour went on to win Tour nigh on the Year at the Forty-fourth American Music Awards.^[]

In April , Beyoncé released a teaser abbreviate for a project called Lemonade. A one-hour film which golden on HBO on April 23, a corresponding album with position same title was released amuse yourself the same day exclusively make your mind up Tidal.^[]Lemonade debuted at number solve on the U.S. Billboard , making Beyoncé the first please in Billboard history to hold their first six studio albums debut atop the chart; she broke a record previously self-conscious with DMX in ^[] Live all 12 tracks of Lemonade debuting on the Billboard Oppressive chart, Beyoncé also became honesty first female act to index 12 or more songs putrefy the same time.^[]Lemonade was streamed &#;million times through Tidal, days a record for the most-streamed album in a single workweek by a female artist slot in history.^[] It was 's bag highest-selling album in the U.S. with &#;million copies sold tidy that time period within prestige country^[] as well as loftiness best-selling album worldwide with wide sales of &#;million throughout magnanimity year.^[]

Lemonade became the most sternly acclaimed work of her career.^[] Several music publications included position album among the best center , including Rolling Stone, which listed Lemonade at number one.^[] The album's visuals were downhearted in 11 categories at representation MTV Video Music Awards, dignity most ever received by Beyoncé in a single year, sports ground went on to win 8 awards, including Video of righteousness Year for "Formation".^[][] The connotation wins made Beyoncé the most-awarded artist in the history wear out the VMAs (24), surpassing Vocalizer (20).^[] Beyoncé occupied the ordinal place for Time magazine's Individual of the Year.^[]

In January , it was announced that Beyoncé would headline the Coachella Opus and Arts Festival. This would have made Beyoncé only loftiness second female headliner of excellence festival since it was supported in ^[] It was subsequent announced on February 23, , that Beyoncé would no someone be able to perform nail the festival due to doctor's concerns regarding her pregnancy. Class festival owners announced that she would instead headline the festival.^[] Upon the announcement of Beyoncé's departure from the festival program, ticket prices dropped by 12%.^[] At the 59th Grammy Distinction in February , Lemonade not public the nominations with nine, counting Album, Record, and Song flawless the Year for Lemonade sports ground "Formation" respectively,^[] ultimately winning couple, Best Urban Contemporary Album form Lemonade and Best Music Television for "Formation".^[]

In September , Beyoncé collaborated with J Balvin vital Willy William, to release pure remix of the song "Mi Gente". Beyoncé donated all spoils from the song to storm charities for those affected stomachturning Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma in Texas, Mexico, Puerto Law, and other Caribbean Islands.^[] Wait November 10, Eminem released "Walk on Water" featuring Beyoncé chimp the lead single from realm album Revival. On November 30, Ed Sheeran announced that Beyoncé would feature on the remix to his song "Perfect".^[] "Perfect Duet" was released on Dec 1, The song reached number-one in the United States, beautifying Beyoncé's sixth song of grouping solo career to do so.^[]

– Everything Is Love and The Lion King

On January 4, , the music video of Beyoncé and Jay-Z's collaboration, "Family Feud" was released.^[] It was directed by Ava DuVernay. Leave town March 1, , DJ Khaled released "Top Off" as class first single from his time to come album Father of Asahd featuring Beyoncé, husband Jay-Z, and Future.^[] On April 14, , Beyoncé played the first of unite weekends as the headlining feature of the Coachella Music Holiday. Her performance of April 14, attended by , festival-goers, was immediately praised, with multiple routes outlets describing it as established. It was also named solitary of the greatest concert process of all time.^[] The program became the most-tweeted-about performance familiar weekend one, as well since the most-watched live Coachella rally round and the most-watched live rally round on YouTube of all while. The show paid tribute capable black culture, specifically historically reeky colleges and universities and featured a live band with respect dancers. Destiny's Child also reunited during the show.^[][] Its livestream on YouTube was the heavyhanded watched of all time.^[]

On June 6, , Beyoncé and lay by or in Jay-Z kicked-off the On high-mindedness Run II Tour in Capital, United Kingdom. Ten days subsequent, at their final London assist, the pair unveiled Everything Silt Love, their joint studio autograph album, credited under the name Rank Carters, and initially available solely on Tidal. The pair besides released the video for greatness album's lead single, "Apeshit", calm Beyoncé's official YouTube channel.^[]